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facing bankruptcy, the greek parliament votes for austerity measures that will release desperate needed foreign loans. thousands turned out on the streets again. global stock prices plummet after the market's look at greece. the dow jones plunged over 1000 points. nigeria has a new president sworn in, , as the present -- as the country mourns. the only gunman to survive the mumbai attacks is sentenced to death. welcome to bbc world news. my name is. the party leaders in the u.k. cast ballots as millions get their chance to decide the country's future. 649 seats. they-about 25 dozen years ago, but now looks like a little bit

of neanderthals has lived on. ♪ >> hello. the future of greece is at stake. that is the warning from the greek prime minister. uses the country's economy, a democracy, and social cohesion are being put to the test. without the austerity measures which are fueling violent clashes on the streets, he says the country will be bankrupt. parliament has now tempered -- approved the austerity bill which means ferocious spending cuts and tax rises in return for massive bailout from other members of the . but there are signs of a deepening crisis beyond the greek orders. here is more from athens. >> and the busy athens side street, people came to lay flowers at the bank where three workers were killed yesterday in a day of violent protests.

the great president says the country is on the brink of an abyss, after rioters set fire to buildings in protest of austerity measures aimed at reducing the debt of greece. >> it could be a couple years back or a couple more years. [inaudible] >> but the protesters were back on the streets today as parliament prepared to vote on a package of spending cuts which are necessary in order to qualify for a massive bailout. the greek prime minister said the future of greece was at stake. >> today, things are very simple. either we vote and pass this bill, or we can turn it agrees to bankruptcy. >> what exactly is feeling the protests? greece will have to find 30

billion euros of cuts over three years. public-sector wages will be frozen until 2014. the retirement age is being raised from 61 to 63. the at is rising from 19% to 23%. doubts are rising as to whether the government will be able to enforce this. >> i am fed up with this. i do not know what they will do. >> the big question is whether the government will still be able to implement its spending cuts and tax rises or whether there will be sabotaged by protests. if that were to happen, it would put in jeopardy the entire bailout. >> with the crowds again as a parliament, ministers or insisting the would be no retreat. they would not back down. cracks we do not believed that it will be a matter of standing firm. it will be a matter of spurts -- of persuading everybody.

>> with the situation so unstable, other european countries with big deficits are under pressure. and the danger remains that this crisis will spread. bbc news, athens. >> the markets have taken fright at it. our business correspondent has more. the dow jones plunged more than 1000 points. it just closed. tell us more. >> yes, it did. it was a sudden sharp midafternoon before the markets closed. we had a big spike, a big dip down words in the dow jones. it was down about 9%. and suddenly recovered part of those losses. procter and gamble was a big loser. its share price suddenly plunged. so did the stock values and some very big american names. boeing, general electric, some big financial companies were hard hit like bank of america.

and really, people think it it was the concern about greece, but it was also a very sudden move on the dow jones. >> but you could said the markets had some way to fall. they had been on the absence the worst of the economic crisis. but it is more than that. >> yes, they have been doing better. in fact, we were over the 11,000 mark, which was considered psychologically important. so we have been recovering. the u.s. is at two quarters of economic growth. that is good news. stocks really were bouncing back. some people thought stocks had gone too far, that they had risen too far, too fast. but this is something exceptional really, to see the stock market falls so rapidly. is the biggest intraday drop in terms of points, 998-point drop.

that is the biggest we have seen in the dow jones ever. >> many thanks for that. >tens of thousands have gathered in the nigerian city of katsina for the funeral of umaru yar'adua. goodluck jonathan, the acting president, has formally assumed power, turned to tackle destruction and bring peace to the niger delta. here is the report from central nigeria. >> the final journey of a troubled leader, and the end of the mysterious illness that threatened his country. in his last month, he was a helpless pawn in the grip of power hungry friends. they swore they would never let this man, a vice president, goodluck jonathan, into office. they failed. first, he became acting president. today, he became president. >> i, goodluck jonathan, do

solemnly swear and affirm that i will be faithful -- [unintelligible] >> and for leaders on this continent, there is relief of a smooth handover. no one wants an unstable oil giant in chaos. >> he died too early. we join the people of nigeria in mourning his death. >> it is a terrible loss for nigeria. he has been sick for some time. it is unfortunate that this is what has happened. i hope it provides stability for the country to move forward. >> nigeria's future now hangs on this man. he has made a good impression lately. his friends want him to run in the election next year. but not everyone smile that his

background. powers in nigeria's north think it is their turn to rule. if goodluck jonathan defies them, it could tear his party or even his country apart. bbc news, central nigeria. >> the sole surviving government from the mumbai attacks in 2008 has been sentenced to death. he is a pakistani national and was convicted of charges including murder and waging war on india. here is the report from delhi. >> job done for the prosecutor in this case, and he's not shy about showing it. it is reserved for the rest of rare crimes. this heavily guarded court in mumbai, a judge ruled that he should bring hain't by the neck until he is dead. this was his last day of freedom. the killing spree in the heart

of a mumbai. two days ago, he was found guilty of mass murder and waging war against india. more than 160 people were killed in the mumbai attacks by 10 gunmen who came by sea from pakistan. brutality, said the judge,. he was the only surviving gunmen. other courts ruled he must pay the ultimate price. there could be a series of appeals against this sentenced ending up at the presidential palace for a final decision. there has only been one execution in india over the past decade. mumbai does not even have a hangman anymore. but there will be intense public and political pressure for action. abc news, deli. >> the french navy has located, in general terms, the black boxes from the airliner that crashed in the atlantic last june. more than 228 on board air france flight 447 from rio de

janeiro to paris were killed when their plane went down off the coast of brazil. authorities have warned they still might not recover the black boxes. they're still looking for an object the size of a shoebox in an area as big as paris with terrain similar to the andes mountains. storms and a tornado in china killed at least 30 people in the southwest of the country. at least 150 were injured. officials say more than 70,000 people had to be evacuated temporarily. strong winds, hail, and heavy rain damaged crops but the. the huge concrete and steel structure has arrived at the scene of the oil spill at the gulf of mexico. water is leaking into the service, and this will channel it to a ship above. crews have been working to prevent oil from reaching delicate coastal wetlands in louisiana. egypt, saudi arabia, and the united arab emirates have become the first country to have their country codes on the internet

written in an all latin script. this is the least 20 countries have requested similar action. china, russia, and thailand. the crew of a russian oil tanker hijacked on the somali coast of been freed by russian marine. one somali pirate was killed, 10 captured. the shipping company that owns the tankers is all the crew are alive and well. the russian tanker loaded with oil bound for china was hijacked on wednesday about 900 kilometers of of somalia. our correspondent is in moscow. he told us it was a well-planned operation. >> it was a very dramatic operation, essentially a russian navy ship approached the oil tanker in the early hours of this morning. the marines used a helicopter to approach the oil tanker, and there was issued out. they opened fire on the helicopter. the russian navy ship responded. eventually, the marines were able to sell down read on to

the tanker and captured all the pirates. there are reports that one of the pirates was killed and then released all the crew. 23 crew hidden inside a safe room. they locked themselves in the safe room walls this was going on. they made the ship so it cannot move. >> across england, scotland, wales, and northern ireland, people are voting in general elections. more than 40 million have registered. the main party set an example, getting up early to cast their ballots. here is the report. >> the main party leaders first cast its votes this morning, and it is david cameron. they arrived at the polling station. his constituency. the couple came out to speak briefly to the cameras. it is a ritual carried out hundreds of miles away by gordon brown and his wife, who voted at the polling station and a

constituency neighboring the one where he's standing. then the democrat leader cast his eye and sheffield, accompanied by his wife and an army of cameras. other vocals -- other voters will have had less attention. but this one has the best views in the most space. only to 60 votes expected. others have gone to the pubs to cast their votes like here in gloucestershire. even a caravan in other areas. 649 constituencies are up with one more in late may. 44 million people are registered to vote in the u.k., and i can cast their vote at one of the 42,000 polling stations. elections are all about figures. experts will soon be poring over a crucial one, the overall turnout of voters. polling evidence suggested could be around two thirds. it that is right, it will be up from the last general election, which was 61%. people will be able to go cast

their vote at 10:00 tonight when the polling stations closed. county -- counting think it's under way. it is likely to be many nil biting hours before we find out what the verdict will be. bbc news. >> stay with us if you can on bbc world news. still to come, the amazon area has long been fought over. now the country's most famous economist might have a solution. first, the bbc has learned that tunnel diggers in gaza have already cut through the supposedly bombproof steel barrier being built by egypt to stop smugglers into palestinian territory. trade through the tunnels have been thriving since the economic blockade on gaza. it is supposed to put more pressure on hamas which controls the territory. our cause a correspondent has

this report. >> for the first time, evidence of what is being is rumored in gaza for months, these pictures obtained by the bbc show you did supposedly bomb proof underground area not as bombproof as thought. the tunnel diggers in gaza have gutted the metal walls using high-powered blowtorches. this is embarrassing news for the egyptian government. since last year, it is been spending millions of dollars building the 11 kilometer long underground area along the gaza- egypt border. the barrier reaches down into the grounds to adapt their around 18 meters. but it is not working. the operation in the southern [pause] strip remains huge, and it is barely hit. under each of these tents, there is a tunnel. some as big as brand new cars being drug through. it is estimated at around 80% of imports of all kinds come into

gaza through this one. it says israel and egypt blockade aimed at stopping weapons being smuggled into gaza is fuelling the illegal tunnel straight. egypt says it wants to stop smuggling to gaza to put pressure on hamas. the egyptian government has yet to respond to the news said its barrier has already been breached. as one tunnel bigger in gaza put it, as long as the blockade continues, so will the tunnels. bbc news. ♪ >> this is bbc world news. good to have you with us. the headlines, in greece, thousands turned out on the streets again as parliament voted to approve steep spending cuts in exchange for international financial rescue package. stock prices have plummeted in markets that flight over greece. the dow jones plunged more than 1000 points. now almost 70 years ago, a young

british army officer arrived on the ending, and ready for a venture. he never left. he was present at the birth of pakistan in 1947 and spent more than half a century teaching there. now he is looking for a successor to take over his school. we have been to the chitral valley in northern pakistan. >> he is a headmaster of the old school. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> the major has brought a flavor of british public schools to the mountains of the hindu kush. his motto, in school and in life, there it's always room for improvement. >> you can improve the the teachers can improve. and i, myself, can improve. >> he served as a british army commander during the second

world war, seeing action in france. in 1947, he witnessed the birth of pakistan and vowed to help the new nation. he has done that ever since. in spite of being kidnapped by armed tribesmen in 1988. >> i had to walk six and a half hours in the mountainside. i walked into the cottage and found there were three prisoners already there. they greeted me warmly. they had been told that today a vip prisoners coming. >> 20 years ago, and new horizons beckoned to him here to the chitral valley. isolation almost two dozen meters above sea level, and he started building his school and college. the students here do not have

computers. they did not even have a library. resources at this school are very limited, but past pupils of gone on to become engineers, doctors, accountants, and army officers. the lesson here is dream big and work hard. >> i used to be a mountain climbing instructor. >> 92, the major is now looking for someone to fill his shoes. he is trying to lure in new headmaster here to nurture his boys and girls. he wants and englishmen with a sense of adventure. this old soldier is still fighting hard for the school he loves. major jeffrey will be a very hard act to follow. bbc news, in the chitral valley.

>> now to war. for land and natural resources. deep in the amazonian jungle. local people are fighting the peruvian government's plans to open up the area for oil and logging. now the country's best and economists champions a free market, pro-business approach to beat -- to bring development. can his ideas work? linda reports from the village and the far northeast of peru. >> four hours by fast boat takes a deep into the forest to the land of the ad,. this land is rich with precious resources. there's little control over who has access to the natural wealth. illegal loggers cut down the valuable trees on a daily basis. we arrive at the village.

the welcome party dawns traditional dress in our honor. >> these people were collectively, but there law is not working. they cannot stop interlopers from coming onto their territory and taking their timber and fish. she struggles to feed the six children she has at home. >> you do not find fish here anymore, she said. you might catch one or two, but it is not enough to feed the family. >> up to 70% of children who live in communities like this one are malnourished to the how to bring development, yet still protect the unique culture of the peruvian amazon is something the community has wrestled with for a generation. what everyone agrees is that it is the control of the land that

is critical. >> and this man believes that the indigenous people are giving up control, then they can enter into a business relationship with the capitalist world. he is explaining to indigenous leaders have to bring the free market to the forest. >> we think they need two things that the rest of the western world has. a clear property rights over the assets of they possess and bone. so there's no discussion about who owns what. and they can get credit and can get capital. the second thing they need is organization. in the business organizations to do business. you cannot do business with a try. >> these proposals could give us the tools needed to defend our territory and our natural resources so we can benefit fairly from what is underneath the soil. >> but many other indigenous people fear that if the land is

privately owned, it could be sold on to big business. they say they want to connect to the outside world. but they're so tired of being cheated by it. linda, bbc news, the peruvian amazon. " among the, you hear the sound of millions of women around the world going -- hah, i could have told you that. scientists have discovered that there's a little bit of neanderthal in most of us. the seven species of human mysteriously disappeared 20 dozen years ago now a study into the dna found that the spread with more than humans. that means europeans and asians today have a significant proportion of neanderthaloid dna in them. here is the report. >> 60 dozen years ago, our ancestors emerged from africa. they dispersed across the globe to form the other races of the world we have today. as they left, they encountered another kind of team and much

like us, the neanderthals. >> this is the school of a modern human, and this is from an neanderthals. look closely, and you'll see this one has a slightly longer brain cage. most scientists believe these are two separate species in the was not much interaction between the two. now we know there was interbreeding. with all non-ever considering today, they are part neanderthal. >> the researchers extracted dna from neanderthal fossils and compared it with that taken from people living today. they found that the dna of europeans and asians is 2% neanderthals. >> it is an exciting discovery because it gives us the first strong evidence that there was a breeding and that means that modern humans and for parts of the world may have slightly differences of these more primitive genes. >> further analysis should give

greater insight into how neanderthals lived and shed more light on our own early origins. bbc news. >> a brief reminder of our main news. the greek parliament has voted decisively in favor of drastic spending cuts in exchange for an international financial rescue package. there is deep anger at this austerity program in greece. thousands of protesters rallied outside parliament. a means deep spending cuts and tax rises. stocks in new york and elsewhere are down sharply for the third consecutive day because of concerns over the debt crisis in greece and the worry that it may spread outside. the dow jones plunged more than 1000 points before it rally. you'll find more on that and all the international news, in online, our website, bbc. com/news. we're on twitter, and that is me mohammed ajmal amir qasab.

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